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Ministry for the Environment & Statistics New Zealand (2015). New Zealand's Environmental Reporting Series: Environment Aotearoa 2015. Available from www.mfe.govt.nz and www.stats.govt.nz.

First published in October 2015 by Ministry for the Environment and Statistics New Zealand Reprinted in November 2015